PHP ActiveX

Add Binary Data to a ZIP Using AddBd

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This example demonstrates how to use the AddBd method to add binary data from a BinData object as a file entry within a ZIP archive.

The data is created entirely in memory, added to the ZIP as data/binary.dat, and then written to disk.

PHP ActiveX

<?php

$success = 0;

// Create a new ZIP archive.
$zip = new COM("Chilkat.Zip");

$success = $zip->NewZip('inMemoryData.zip');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $zip->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Create a BinData object containing binary content.
$bd = new COM("Chilkat.BinData");

// Append some bytes as hexadecimal.
// The decoded bytes will become the contents of the ZIP entry.
$success = $bd->AppendEncoded('000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F','hex');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $bd->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Add the BinData contents as a file entry within the ZIP.
// The file will be stored as "data/binary.dat" inside the ZIP archive.
$success = $zip->AddBd('data/binary.dat',$bd);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $zip->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Write the ZIP archive to disk and close it.
$success = $zip->WriteZipAndClose();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $zip->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'ZIP archive created successfully.' . "\n";

?>